Professor Piotr Popik, PhD
Popik obtained Medical Doctor degree from the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków in 1988. Since 1985 he worked at the Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków in Jerzy Vetulani’s lab.
During years 1990–1991 he investigated the role of neuropeptides in learning and memory processes at Utrecht University with Jan M. Van Ree and David De Wied. He obtained Ph.D. from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, in 1991 (promoter: Jan M. Van Ree; dissertation: Neurohypophyseal peptides and social recognition in rats). Between years 1993–1995, he received Fogarty International Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (USA) and joined Phil Skolnick team as a post-doc. He worked on the role of NMDA receptors in the mechanism of action of antidepressants and drugs of abuse, including the drug ibogaine.
Skolnick's team, including Piotr Popik and Gabriel Nowak, for the work on antidepressants, was awarded with Anna Monika Prize.
Full professor of medical sciences since 2007.
I am a researcher with an overall
research focus in behavioral psychopharmacology and behavioral and cognitive
neuroscience. I have strong interests in drug discovery and development, this
is why our lab collaborates with a number of dug companies. I am a Professor of
Medical Biology doing preclinical research at the Maj Institute of Pharmacology,
Polish Academy of Sciences. I have a strong interest in education and teaching
of Pharmacology at the Jagiellonian University, Medical College in Kraków. I
have published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, several book chapters and
one book. I have trained and supervised 3 PhD students. Happily married and
having three children.
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The continued need for animals to advance brain research.
Judith R Homberg, Roger A H Adan, Natalia Alenina, Antonis Asiminas, Michael Bader, Tom Beckers, Denovan P Begg, Arjan Blokland, Marilise E Burger, Gertjan van Dijk, Ulrich L M Eisel, Ype Elgersma, Bernhard Englitz, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Carlos P Fitzsimons, Anne-Marie van Dam, Peter Gass, Joanes Grandjean, Robbert Havekes, Marloes J A G Henckens, Christiane Herden, Roelof A Hut, Wendy Jarrett, Kate Jeffrey, Daniela Jezova, Andries Kalsbeek, Maarten Kamermans, Martien J Kas, Nael Nadif Kasri, Amanda J Kiliaan, Sharon M Kolk, Aniko Korosi, S Mechiel Korte, Tamas Kozicz, Steven A Kushner, Kirk Leech, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Heidi Lesscher, Paul J Lucassen, Anita Luthi, Liya Ma, Anne S Mallien, Peter Meerlo, Jorge F Mejias, Frank J Meye, Anna S Mitchell, Joram D Mul, Umberto Olcese, Azahara Oliva González, Jocelien D A Olivier, Massimo Pasqualetti, Cyriel M A Pennartz, Piotr Popik, Jos Prickaerts, Liset M de la Prida, Sidarta Ribeiro, Benno Roozendaal, Janine I Rossato, Ali-Akbar Salari, Regien G Schoemaker, August B Smit, Louk J M J Vanderschuren, Tomonori Takeuchi, Rixt van der Veen, Marten P Smidt, Vladyslav V Vyazovskiy, Maximilian Wiesmann, Corette J Wierenga, Bella Williams, Ingo Willuhn, Markus Wöhr, Monique Wolvekamp, Eddy A van der Zee, Lisa Genzel
Neuron, S0896-6273(21)00536-5 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.015
PMID:34352213 -
Introduction to the EQIPD quality system.
Anton Bespalov, René Bernard, Anja Gilis, Björn Gerlach, Javier Guillén, Vincent Castagné, Isabel A Lefevre, Fiona Ducrey, Lee Monk, Sandrine Bongiovanni, Bruce Altevogt, María Arroyo-Araujo, Lior Bikovski, Natasja de Bruin, Esmeralda Castaños-Vélez, Alexander Dityatev, Christoph H Emmerich, Raafat Fares, Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, Christelle Froger-Colléaux, Valerie Gailus-Durner, Sabine M Hölter, Martine Cj Hofmann, Patricia Kabitzke, Martien Jh Kas, Claudia Kurreck, Paul Moser, Malgorzata Pietraszek, Piotr Popik, Heidrun Potschka, Ernesto Prado Montes de Oca, Leonardo Restivo, Gernot Riedel, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Janko Samardzic, Michael Schunn, Claudia Stöger, Vootele Voikar, Jan Vollert, Kimberley E Wever, Kathleen Wuyts, Malcolm R MacLeod, Ulrich Dirnagl, Thomas Steckler
eLife, 10.7554/eLife.63294 e63294
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Novel non-sulfonamide 5-HT6receptor partial inverse agonist in a group of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines with cognition enhancing properties.
David Vanda, Miroslav Soural, Vittorio Canale, Séverine Chaumont-Dubel, Grzegorz Satała, Tomasz Kos, Petr Funk, Veronika Fülöpová, Barbora Lemrová, Paulina Koczurkiewicz, Elżbieta Pękala, Andrzej J Bojarski, Piotr Popik, Philippe Marin, Paweł Zajdel
European journal of medicinal chemistry, S0223-5234(17)31084-X 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.053
PMID:29291439 -
Novel 5-HT7R antagonists, arylsulfonamide derivatives of (aryloxy)propyl piperidines: Add-on effect to the antidepressant activity of SSRI and DRI, and pro-cognitive profile.
Vittorio Canale, Anna Partyka, Rafał Kurczab, Martyna Krawczyk, Tomasz Kos, Grzegorz Satała, Bartłomiej Kubica, Magdalena Jastrzębska-Więsek, Anna Wesołowska, Andrzej J Bojarski, Piotr Popik, Paweł Zajdel
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, S0968-0896(17)30359-0 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.03.057
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3-Furan-2-yl-N-p-tolyl-acrylamide, a positive allosteric modulator of the α7 nicotinic receptor, reverses schizophrenia-like cognitive and social deficits in rats.
Agnieszka Potasiewicz, Małgorzata Hołuj, Tomasz Kos, Piotr Popik, Hugo R Arias, Agnieszka Nikiforuk
Neuropharmacology, S0028-3908(16)30450-6 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.10.002
PMID:27717880
